I'm currently travelling and found myself twiddling my thumbs, so I reluctantly logged on again to see what was going on. As usual I agree 100% with
@Zug,
@Tinker Bell,
@Michael Leigh,
@Julien87 etc...
Most on here really do drastically underestimate the power anxiety has over us. Both in terms of our physical health and our emotional well-being as well. From my experience, tinnitus is more likely to kick your ass if you're constantly worrying about everything (this really does create spikes). The ones who don't believe this never will, so they continue posting alarming stories to newcomers which could very well set them back a few years, in my opinion. Remember, that by signing up to this forum you are opening the lid (Pandora's Box) on the worst misery that tinnitus creates. It is intrinsically biased towards suffering because people who live quite happily with the condition aren't going to sign up to a forum to tell the world about their life. It's the same with negative reviews on other things; there will always be more because people are far more likely to complain about a bad experience. There aren't many people who write about positive experiences.
@Sarah200, go to the cinema and take some filtered earplugs with you. We've already discussed the volume of cinemas in the U.K., and you know that most aren't very loud. You will be fine.
Get your life back on track and slowly wean yourself off tinnitus related activities. This includes reading about it and talking about it. The less you care about it the better. If you take the other route it WILL become an obsession, and it WILL consume your life. That goes for anyone else reading this.